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- Author: Karl S Guthke
- Publisher: Em Texts
- ISBN-10: 0773408479
- ISBN-13: 9780773408470
- Format: 15.2 x 22.9 x 2.4 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English
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This book examines a number of facets of Western epitaph culture since antiquity, with particular emphasis on post-medieval developments in the major European countries as well as in North America. Various epitaphic "sub-cultures" are analyzed, among them the time-honored custom of composing one's own tomb inscription as well as the ancient and modern convention of honoring animals with epitaphs. It also examines epitaph-collecting, epitaph "lies," humorous epitaphs, and the change in social and religious attitudes toward suicides. The book concludes with a cultural and intellectual history of epitaphs. An epilogue addresses the question of the supposed disappearance of epitaph culture at the present time.
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- Author: Karl S Guthke
- Publisher: Em Texts
- ISBN-10: 0773408479
- ISBN-13: 9780773408470
- Format: 15.2 x 22.9 x 2.4 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English English
This book examines a number of facets of Western epitaph culture since antiquity, with particular emphasis on post-medieval developments in the major European countries as well as in North America. Various epitaphic "sub-cultures" are analyzed, among them the time-honored custom of composing one's own tomb inscription as well as the ancient and modern convention of honoring animals with epitaphs. It also examines epitaph-collecting, epitaph "lies," humorous epitaphs, and the change in social and religious attitudes toward suicides. The book concludes with a cultural and intellectual history of epitaphs. An epilogue addresses the question of the supposed disappearance of epitaph culture at the present time.
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